CO · rules
C.M.C.R. 214
Relief From Prejudicial Joinder
If it appears that a defendant or the prosecution is prejudiced by a joinder of offenses or
of defendants in a complaint or summons and complaint or by such joinder for trial
together, the court may order an election or separate trials of counts, grant a severance of
defendants, or provide whatever other relief justice requires. Upon motion any defendant
shall be granted a separate trial as of right if the court finds that the prosecution probably
will present against a joint defendant evidence, other than reputation or character testimony, which would not be admissible in a separate trial of the moving defendant, and that
such evidence would be prejudicial to those against whom it is not admissible. In ruling on
a motion by a defendant for severance, the court may order the prosecutor to deliver to the
court for inspection in camera any statements or confessions made by the defendants
which the prosecution intends to introduce in evidence at the trial.
History
Source: Entire chapter amended June 30, 1988, effective January 1, 1989.
Provenance
- Source
- content.leg.colorado.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
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